Cigarette.



F. COURTINADE, CIGARETTE.-

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1911.

1,257,31 9. Patented Feb. 26, 1918;

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CIGARETTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918.

Application filed March 16, 1917. Serial No. 155,148.

enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cigarettes, and particularly to the wrappers thereof, and the object of the invention is to provide a cigarette with a wrapper-which will have the ordinary appearance and whi h will avoid the discoloration of the fingers and also retain the ashes of the inclosed tobacco, while the cigarette is being consumed and prevent said ashes from dropping off, thus preventing the burning of garments or otherarticles, and the dropping of the ashes onto the floor, garments or other articles; a further object being to provide a cigarette with a wrapper -,which will retain all the ashes of the cigarette? until said cigarette is consumed, and

which will prevent fires occasioned by throwing the consumed or partially consumed cigarette into a receptacle containing paper or other article or onto any article that is capable of being burned or ignited by the consumed or partially consumed cigarette.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improvement are desig-. nated by suitable reference characters In each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigarette provided with my improved wrapper;

Fig. 2 a central longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 a side View tended; and, i

Fig. 4 a side view of another form of cigarette provided with my improved wrapper. In the practice of my invention, I provide a cigarette wrapper a, shown in Fig. 3, and consisting of a thin sheet of asbestos paper, and this wrapper is preferably provided cenof the wrapper ex- .trally of one end thereof with a central end piece a integrally connected with the body of the wrapper and provided with perforations or apertures a The cigarette 1) shown in Figs. 1 and 2 iS made with my improved wrapper in the .usual manner, the tobacco 6 being rolled in the wrapper, and in this operation the side edges a of the wrapper are overlapped inthe usual manner as shown at b in Fig. 1, after which the end part a of the wrapper is folded as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to inclose the end of the cigarette designed-tobe ignited, and the end part a may e secured in the closed position in any desired manner.

In igniting the cigarette the end 6 thereof is placed in the mouth and a lighted match is held adjacent to the end 6 and the flame of the match passes through the perforations or apertures a in the closed end of the cigarette, and the cigarette is ignited and smoked in the usual manner, In this opera.- tion, all the ash or ashes are retained in the wrapper of the cigarette which is gradually changed to a dark brown color as the cigarette is consumed, and in this operation the wrapper, if not interfered with in any way, will retain its tubular or original form until the cigarette is entirely consumed and the ashes produced by the smoking of the cigarette will not drop off, nor will a part of the burning tobacco, and danger of burning garments or other articles is thus prevented, and if the cigarette is thrown away when consumed or partially consumed the wrapper will still retain the ash or ashes and the burning tobacco not fully consumed, and the danger of starting a fire in this way is also prevented or avoided.

The cigarette shown in Fig. 4 is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and is provided with a mouthpiece b which may be applied to the cigarette in the usual manner and which may consist of a strip of suitable thin material folded around the end portion of the cigarette.

The discovery of the quality of asbestos paper when used as a cigarette wrapper, as herein set out, is the result of long experiment and investigation during which many materials and combination of materials were used, and I am aware of the fact that a metallic film sheet in connection with a fibrous paper sheet or sheets has heretofore been used as a cigarette wrapper and that thus practically destroying the cigarette, but all these objections are avoided by the use of my improved Wrapper, the fibrous qualities of which are very similar to those of ordinary paper cigarette Wrappers.

The Wrapper may, if desired, be treated with suitable chemicals to give the same a pleasant or desirable taste, or the material of said wrapper may be chemically treated to Withdraw any undesirable element therein that would aiiect the taste of the tobacco smoked therein, and While I have shown and described my invention as particularly designed for use in the manufacture of cigarettes, it will be understood that tobacco of any kind, class or form may be Wrapped in a sheet or Wrapper of asbestos, reference being particularly made to cigars.

Having fully described my invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cigarette Wrapper composed of a thin sheet of non-combustible material provided at one end With a circular projecting part which is adapted to be folded over the lighting end of a cigarette to inclose said end and Which is provided with perforations or apertures through which the tobacco is ignited.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention. 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 14th day of March, 1917.

FRANQOIS OOURTINADE.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON. 

